tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post2169769632536658140..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: The power of shared stories - Lari DonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-34682591672656863282017-01-30T23:28:26.537+00:002017-01-30T23:28:26.537+00:00thanks all - glad you liked the post, and yes, abs...thanks all - glad you liked the post, and yes, absolutely Susan - this just shows that fantasy is anything but silly or frivolous. Lari Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290918954317744377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-13479057516639424912017-01-30T11:48:14.469+00:002017-01-30T11:48:14.469+00:00Fantasy and fairy tales – stories set in magical w...<i> Fantasy and fairy tales – stories set in magical worlds safely distant from our day-to-day lives – are very strong tools to allow us to examine our real world.</i><br /><br />Of course they are! Fantasy, sci-fi, historical novels - they are always about our here and now, however hard we try to get away from it. In fact, the very directions we move in, as we struggle to get away from our own times, reveal something about our here and now.<br /><br />It's why I can never understand people who dismiss 'speculative' and 'fantasy' fiction as silly and unrealistic while apparently thinking the crime Fiction, thrillers and romance novels they read are 'realistic.'<br /><br />Great post. And I hope you survive discussions with that very switched on primary class!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-83159038853271136042017-01-30T11:41:17.611+00:002017-01-30T11:41:17.611+00:00How brilliant! Well done, Lari - you could eviden...How brilliant! Well done, Lari - you could evidently see into the future when you wrote that...!Lynne Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412874594191347503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-16195691074893303742017-01-30T10:02:53.368+00:002017-01-30T10:02:53.368+00:00Lovely post, Lari.Lovely post, Lari.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com